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The actions of an official who provided state-owned apartments for bribes were exposed. As the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office told APA, as a result of operational search activities carried out in connection with the illegal actions of the head of the Agdam district department of housing and communal services of the Department for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, Valeh Abdullayev, in the Main Anti-Corruption Directorate under the Prosecutor General a criminal case has been initiated.

Serious suspicions were revealed that Valeh Abdullayev repeatedly asked for bribes in exchange for the employment of various persons, preventing the dismissal of persons who had reached retirement age, creating conditions for paying wages to persons who did not come to work, providing other persons with apartments on the balance of the State Committee on affairs of refugees and internally displaced persons and other offenses. Valeh Abdullayev was caught red-handed while receiving a bribe.

Among the foreigners detained in Azerbaijan last year in criminal cases related to drug trafficking, Iranian citizens predominate. Report informs this with reference to the report of the State Commission for Combating Drug Addiction and Illegal Drug Trafficking for 2023.

Last year, 100 foreign citizens were prosecuted for drug-related crimes, of which 37 were citizens of Iran, 32 of Turkey, 13 of Russia and 12 of Georgia.

A total of 1 ton 408 kg of narcotic drugs were seized from the detained foreigners.

On March 14, the XI Global Baku Forum on the theme “Restoring a Fractured World,” which was organized by the Nizami Ganjavi International Center under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, began work in the Gulistan Palace in Baku. According to AZERTAC, President Ilham Aliyev took part in the opening ceremony of the forum.

First, a photo was taken for memory. Co-chairman of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center Ismail Serageldin declared the XI Global Baku Forum open. The head of state spoke at the opening ceremony.

Then the former President of Latvia and co-chairman of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center Vaira Vike-Freiberga spoke.

The XI Global Baku Forum, dedicated to the theme “Fixing The Fractured World,” is attended by representatives of many countries, as well as influential international organizations – in total, over 350 guests from more than 70 countries.